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Oct. 27, 1925. 1,558,494

E. H. NEWTON DISPLAY. BOX

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`UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN I-I. NEWTON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 NATIONAL PAPERBOX COMPANY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

DISPLAY BOX.

Application led October 8,1923. Serial No. 667,164.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN H. NEWTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Boxes; andI do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to displayboxes and particularly to a display boxfor containing confections, the primary object being to provide a box inwhich the confections may be shipped, and which will also serve as adisplay container. The box is preferably constructed of liexiblematerial such as paper board or similar material, and it is providedwith a top or cover from which braces may be cut to engage the boxproper r so that the lid and cover may be held in open position.

The novel construction of the invention will be apparent by reference tothe following description in connection with the accompanying drawings,in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the ope box;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box in closed position;

Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank, showing the cover atttached thereto; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross sectional view through the open box.

The box is shown as consisting of a blank scored to provide a bottom, 1,a front wall, 2, rear wall, 3, and end walls, 4 and 5; the front wall isprovided with a flap, 6, having at its longitudinal edge an extension,7.

The flap, 6, is provided with notched or cut out portions, 8 and 9, andin the end of the iiap, 6, are tongues, and 11. At the ends of the frontwall, 2, are flaps, 12 and 13, corresponding to flaps, 14 and 15, on theends of the back of the box. The ends, 4 and 5, are provided with flaps,16 and 17, having extensions, 18 and 19. Secured to the back wall, 3, ofthe box, in any appropriate manner is a flap, or extension, 20, withtop, or cover, 21. The lower edge of the Hap, 20, is provided withnotched corners, 22 and 23. The flap, 20, may be secured to the back ofthe box in any appropriate manner, but I have shown it as securedthereto by staples, 24, although I do not wish to be limited to anyparticular form o-f fastening. Arcuate or curved side brace members, 25and 26, are cut out from the top, 21,`and the flap, as will be clearlyseen in Fig. 1, the braces have' offset or shouldered ends, 27 and 28,the extreme ends being adapted to engage slots, 29 and 30, formed alongthe score lines, 31 and 32, dividing the ends, 4 and 5, from the iaps,16 and 17. 'Ihe ends of the top, 21, are shown as provided with flaps,33 and 34, and there is a front iap, 35, on the cover, or lid, 21. Thefront is formed by folding the front and the rear walls along theirrespective score lines so that they will assume a vertical position. Theflaps, 12, 13, 14, and 15, are then bent inwardly; that is, 12 and 14are bent one toward the other, and 13 and 15 are likewise bent, sothatthey overlap. The liap, 6, is then bent downwardly so that its extensionrests on the bottom 0f the box with the tongues, 10 and 11, lyingagainst the naps, 12 and 14, at one end and 13 and 15 at the other. Theextensions, 18 and 19, rest on the floor or bottom of the box, wherethey are held by the notched portions, 8, 9, 23, and 22. The box is nowcomplete; the lid or cover can be folded down over the box proper in theusual way. When it is desired to display the contents of the box, thelid will be tilted upwardly to the box, (shown in Fig. 1), the stays orbraces, and 26, will be folded outwardly away from the top of the box,so that their extremities will engage the slots, 29 and 30, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1, so that the lid of the box is placed in open positionwith respect to the main box portion. The extensions, 18 and 19, whichengage in the notched portions, 8, 9, 22, and 23, form a lock so thatthe main portion of the box is fastened together without the necessityof stapling or pasting.

The box is rigid in construction and makes a very satisfactory shippingbox which can be easily converted into a display box by causing thecover to swing to the position shown in Fig. 1.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A display box having a bottom, Va front v slits,

Wall, a back Wall, `end Walls and a cover connected to the rear Wall bya fold, the end Walls having double thicknesses with slits in theirupper edges, curved'stay members cut from Within the perimeter of thecover having tongue-s engageable with the and projections adjacent to'the tongues overlapping the edges of the end Walls to support thecoveri-n aver/tical -p'osition.

y2, A display box havinga bottom, a front Wall, ka back wall, end Wallsand a cover connected to the rear Wall by a fold, the end Walls havingdouble thicknesses with slits lin their upper edges,'curved staymemberscut from Within Vthe perimeter oi' the 'cover having tonguesengageable With the slits, `and projections adjacent to the tonguesoverlapping the vedges of the 'end "f" walls to supportthe'cover in avertical position, the stay members closing the 'cut out portions of thecover When the cover is folded down upon the boX.

3. A display box having a bottom, va front Wall, a back Wall, and endVWalls having double thicknesses with slits in their upper edges, a coverhaving a flap distinguished from the cover by a score line, mea-nssecuring the flap to the rear Wall, and stay members cut from the coverand part of the flap having tongues 'which lie in the flap when thecover isclosed Yto maintain the ystay members in the plane of 'thecover, said tongues being Areceivable in the slits when the cover is ina vertical :posi- I' tion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDVIN Il. NEWTON.

